Andy40's SGD-612

Great achievement mate

G'day Andy,

When you did the burst is it fair to assume that you left the intensifier until after the colours had been laid down or did you intensify each colour as it went down and then I assume you top/final coated the lot in one go.

I'm currently chewing up a lot of bandwidth on YT looking at various stain burst jobs and there doesn't seem to be anything that would match the Dingo Tone experience and a heap of the vids are in anything but english

Hey DK,

Yeah I spent a number of months testing all different types of stains, my conclusion, I would only use colortone or dingtone. I found that inks and furniture stains had a lacklustre effect. So I decided to go with DT as I'm addicted to the aroma:D. Nah it blends really well. but seriously it smells good.:cool:

First, you lay down the stain coats, one on top of each other, a week or so apart (depending on the weather) so they cure really well.

The number of coats depends on how saturated you want the colour.

Then you start on the intensifying coats (thinly), again one on top of each other, definitely a week or so apart, again the number of coats depends on how saturated you want the colour.

Once its smooth and you have the colour you want, you lay down the final coats (very thinly), again one on top of each other, definitely at least week or so apart, the number of coats depends on how thick you want the final coat.

I usually make sure each intensifying coat and final coat is sanded flat by gently sanding with 1200 or 2000 grit before applying the next coat of intensifier or fianl coat.

Just note that I've used tru oil, instead of the DT final coat on this build.

Good luck with your search.

Thanks Andy